Dr. phil. Sabine Richebächer is a psychoanalyst based in Zurich. She has spent many years researching Spielrein’s life and work and published a biography on the subject.
Sabine Richebächer20.11.2025The name Sabina Spielrein (1885-1942) mostly conjures up images of a very young woman who was both patient and friend to C. G. Jung before later becoming a psychoanalyst in her own right. But as well as practising as a therapist, she played a key role in shaping many theoretical and organisational aspects of the nascent field of psychoanalysis.